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Want a home loan? Ready to justify how much you spend on gym and gifts for granny?
In the wake of the royal commission banks will want to know more about how potential clients spend their money, and where they could cut back.
- by Clancy Yeates
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Inside Giuliani's explosive Stormy revelation
He may have had a strategy, but Rudy Giuliani hatched it almost entirely in secret.
- by Philip Rucker
Exclusive
Federal budget
'Disappointing': Young people to be poorer than parents
'The whole system of income and taxes has been changed to offer baby boomers advantages at the expense of their kids.'
- by Jessica Irvine
White House forced to watch Fox News after 'Stormy' story
Trump's staff were caught flat footed after his legal team dropped a bombshell revelation on TV.
- by Zeke Miller
Exclusive
Aviation
Full-body scans for domestic airports in security overhaul
Full-body x-ray scanners will be installed at domestic airports in a major overhaul of airport security protocols.
- by Patrick Hatch
'Is this the Tasmania we want?': Plan for $100m resort
A project of unprecedented scale aims to lure cashed-up Chinese tourists to Tasmania's picturesque east coast.
- by Tom Cowie
Trio charged after stolen car crashes at Kings Way
Police have charged three people after an alleged stolen car crashed into another vehicle at the edge of Melbourne's CBD.
- by Matilda Boseley
Featured
Open for inspection: The best Melbourne properties for sale right now
- by Jacqui Hammerton, Caroline James
Opinion & Perspectives
Don't they get it? Those once mocked are having the last laugh
They made fun of 'poofters' and 'sheilas', now washed-up comedians claim political correctness is killing their act.
Jacqueline Maley
We should welcome it when people change their minds
Backflipping. Caving in. Flip-flopping. We call for a change, but when it comes, we jeer. It's not always called for.
Julia Baird
Is President Donald Trump about to talk himself into an impeachment?
Topic du jour may be Giuliani's bombshell about Stormy Daniels, but the more important story remains the Russia scandal
Jonathan Bernstein
Melbourne
Victoria
National
Investigation
Crime
Sisters arrested in $5.7 million day care fraud case free on bail
- by Patrick Begley
AFL
Geelong cut the Giants down to size
Geelong thrashed a disappointing Greater Western Sydney with a massive victory at home, bouncing back from last week's fade-out against the Sydney Swans
- by Peter Ryan
When AFL presidents met in Jeff Kennett's man cave
A group of seven club presidents want to reclaim their place in the AFL pecking order.
- by Caroline Wilson
Politics
More than tax cuts: Scott Morrison plans for budget savings
Scott Morrison says the government would stick to its rule of matching every new spending decision with a saving made elsewhere in the budget.
- by David Crowe
Scott Morrison's dilemma: Avo toast and early surplus mightn't cut it
- by Peter Martin & Mark Kenny
World
Property bydomain
Business
Opinion
Banking royal commission
David Murray has taken a job nobody wanted at AMP and it's gargantuan
Is the grandfather of vertical integration really the best man to lead the embattled giant?
- by Adele Ferguson
Our $130 billion super giant is starting to throw its weight around
- by Nassim Khadem & Ruth Williams
Small business
Entertainment
Nobel literature prize won't be awarded this year following sex abuse allegations
The Nobel Prize in literature will not be awarded this year following issues within the ranks of the Swedish Academy that selects the winner.
Chappaquiddick unblinkingly revisits a shameful moment in Kennedy history
Ted Kennedy was a leading light of US politics. But he was also responsible for a young woman's death.
- by Karl Quinn
Lifestyle
Opinion
Retail
Hey, global fashion brands, stop treating Australian shoppers like fools
- by Melissa Singer
Smarter living
Analysis
Phones
Do Australians need an unlimited mobile data plan?
Users risk paying a lot more for data they'll never use, or being stuck in the slow lane if they go over.
- by Tim Biggs & Jennifer Duke
Analysis
Home loans
Now's the time to fix (half) your home loan rate
There are signs of movement from the Reserve Bank.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Food bygoodfood
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Cars bydrive
Sport
Pressure point: Muscat avoids Merrick's mind games
Newcastle might be hosting the A-League grand final, but their coach says all the pressure is on Victory.
- by Michael Lynch
Crusaders punish Rebels as Genia injures knee
The Crusaders again dominated in Melbourne on Friday night in another example of the gulf between the two nations.
- by Roy Ward
